pan

1. n. A part; a portion. Source: opted

2. n. The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle. Source: opted

3. n. A leaf of gold or silver. Source: opted

4. v. t. & i. To join or fit together; to unite. Source: opted

5. n. The betel leaf; also, the masticatory made of the betel leaf, etc. See /etel. Source: opted

6. n. The god of shepherds, guardian of bees, and patron of fishing and hunting. He is usually represented as having the head and trunk of a man, with the legs, horns, and tail of a goat, and as playing on the shepherd's pipe, which he is said to have invented. Source: opted

7. n. A shallow, open dish or vessel, usually of metal, employed for many domestic uses, as for setting milk for cream, for frying or baking food, etc.; also employed for various uses in manufacturing. Source: opted

8. n. A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating. See Vacuum pan, under Vacuum. Source: opted

9. n. The part of a flintlock which holds the priming. Source: opted

10. n. The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the upper part of the head; the brainpan; the cranium. Source: opted

11. n. A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge. Source: opted

12. n. The hard stratum of earth that lies below the soil. See Hard pan, under Hard. Source: opted

13. n. A natural basin, containing salt or fresh water, or mud. Source: opted

14. v. t. To separate, as gold, from dirt or sand, by washing in a kind of pan. Source: opted

15. v. i. To yield gold in, or as in, the process of panning; -- usually with out; as, the gravel panned out richly. Source: opted

16. v. i. To turn out (profitably or unprofitably); to result; to develop; as, the investigation, or the speculation, panned out poorly. Source: opted

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